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Nervous system
combining forms, prefix, suffix
| word part | definition |
|---|---|
| aut/o | self |
| bi/o | life |
| coni/o | dust |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| heter/o | other |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death (cells, body) |
| onych/o | nail |
| pachy/o | thick |
| seb/o | sebum |
| staphyl/o | grape- like cluster |
| strept/o | twisted chain |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xer/o | dry |
| epi- | on, upon, over |
| intra- | within |
| para- | beside, beyond, around |
| per- | through |
| sub- | under, below |
| -coccus | berry-shaped (form of bacterium) |
| -ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
| -ia | diseased or abnormal state, condition of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -opsy | view of, viewing |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhea | flow, excessive discharge |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| rhytid/o | wrinkles |
| bx | biopsy |
| BCC | basal cell carcinoma |
| CMV | cytomegalovirus |
| sc | subcutaneous |
| SLE | systemic lupus erythematosus |
| staph | staphylococcus |
| strep | sterptococcus |
| SqCCA | spaumous cell carcinoma |
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